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09/05/06
Spooked Stingray ...
Sep 5, 2006
Fatally injured by a stingray, Australian Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin pulled its barb out of his chest before losing consciousness and dying, his manager said on Tuesday.
Video footage of the attack shows Irwin swimming above the stingray on the Great Barrier Reef on Monday when it lashed out and speared him in the heart with its barbed tail, manager John Stainton told reporters.
"It shows that Steve came over the top of the ray and the tail came up, and spiked him here (in the chest)," Stainton said after watching the footage.
"He pulled it out and the next minute he's gone. The cameraman had to shut down," he said.
"It's a very hard thing to watch because you're actually witnessing somebody die ... it's terrible."
Irwin, 44, the quirky naturalist who won worldwide acclaim as TV's khaki-clad Crocodile Hunter, was filming a new documentary off Australia's north-eastern coast when he was attacked.
Fellow Australian environmental documentary maker Ben Cropp said video of the attack showed Irwin swimming alongside a bull stingray, probably weighing around 100kg, with his cameraman filming in front of the ray.
Marine experts said the stingray must have felt threatened, with Irwin above him and his cameraman in front, and lashed out.
Stingrays are usually placid and only attack in self-defence. Stingray venom is agonisingly painful but not lethal, say marine experts, but the barb is capable of causing horrific injuries like a knife or bayonet.
Stainton said the cameraman only became aware of the attack when he noticed Irwin bleeding.
A helicopter rushed paramedics to nearby Low Isles where Irwin was taken for treatment, but he was dead before they arrived. It was not clear whether Irwin died of cardiac arrest, loss of blood, the ray's venom or all three.
Irwin's death shocked the world.
Australian film star Russell Crowe called Irwin the "ultimate wildlife warrior", and said: "He was the Australian we all aspire to be. He touched my heart. I believed in him. I'll miss him".
Millions had seen him flirt with death many times as he stalked and played with crocodiles, sharks, snakes and spiders.
Known for his catchphrase "Crikey" during close encounters with animals, Irwin made almost 50 documentaries which appeared on the cable TV channel Animal Planet.
Stainton said he was struggling to come to terms with the fact that a stingray, one of the ocean's most placid creatures, had killed his friend.
"There's been a million occasions where both of us held our breath and thought we were lucky to get out of that one," he said. "But he just seemed to have a charmed life."
US-based television company Discovery Communications, which produces Animal Planet, said it would establish a conservation fund in honour of Irwin, called in one tribute "a modern-day Noah", and planned a marathon showing of his programmes.
The footage of Irwin's death has been handed to police, but may never be broadcast, Discovery said.
The footage of Irwin's death has been handed to police, but may never be broadcast, Discovery said.
Australian newspapers paid tribute to Irwin on Tuesday with front-page photographs and stories of his death. Fans including American tourists laid wreaths outside his Australia Zoo in tropical Queensland state.
Newspaper headlines read: "Farewell to the Croc Hunter" and "Farewell to a larrikin adventurer".
"We thought he was Superman, that he was indestructible," said Sydney's The Daily Telegraph editorial.
"We were wrong".
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09/02/06
Fountain Freak,Slim & Chic...NOT!
Aug. 25, 2006, 11:25PM
Nude fountain bather defies police
Nude fountain bather defies police
BERLIN — A homeless woman refuses to stop bathing naked in Munich's public fountains despite being repeatedly fined for breaking public nudity laws.
Bild newspaper reported Thursday the 44-year-old woman named "Bille," who weighs more than 300 pounds, can be seen almost every day with her bottles of soap and shampoo bathing in one of the Bavarian capital's 183 public fountains.
"She's already been charged on 21 occasions for such things as causing public disturbance as well as breaking and entering," a Munich police spokesman said.
A social worker told Bild that Bille keeps rejecting a room in a homeless center.
"We can't force her," he said.
You have to love her desire for hygiene. Go somewhere else girlfriend!!
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08/31/06
Random Thoughts...
Here are a few things to ponder
Can you cry under water?
How important does a person have to be before they are considered
assassinated instead of just murdered?
Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
What disease did cured ham actually have?
How is it that we put man on the moon before
we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?
Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like
every two hours?
If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?
Why are you IN a movie, but you're ON TV?
Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars
to look at things on the ground?
Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you
naked anyway.
Why is "bra" singular and "panties" plural?
Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible
crisp, which no decent human being would eat?
If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about him?
Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane?
If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of a coconut, why
can't he fix a hole in a boat?
Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't point
to their crotch when they ask where the bathroom is?
Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!
If Wiley E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that ACME crap, why didn't he
just buy dinner?
If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables,
what is baby oil made from?
If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
Do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?
Why did you just try singing the two songs above?
Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you,
but when you take him for a car ride; he sticks his head out the window?
Did you ever wonder, why is he blogging in the first place?
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08/30/06
Busted! With 3 wigs what a fag!!
Fugitive Polygamist Cult Leader Caught Near Las Vegas!
By Don Woutat and Richard B. Schmitt, Times Staff Writers
1:49 PM PDT, August 29, 2006 LAS VEGAS -- Warren Steed Jeffs, the leader of a polygamist church who was on the FBI's 10 most-wanted list, was arrested near Las Vegas after authorities pulled over a vehicle he was riding in and found three wigs, a large number of cell phones, laptop computers and more than $50,000 in cash, it was announced today.
Jeffs, 50, was stopped shortly after 9 p.m. Monday after a Nevada state trooper could not see any registration or license plate on the 2007 red Cadillac Escalade in which Jeffs was a passenger. The vehicle was northbound on Interstate 15 in southern Nevada. The driver was identified as Isaac Jeffs, 32, described by police as a brother of the fugitive.
The initial responses to the trooper's questions were "inconsistent," and he called for backup. It was unclear how the trooper suspected that Jeffs was in the car. A computer failure prevented authorities from immediately tracing the vehicle, Nevada state officials said. The SUV turned out to carry temporary registration from Colorado.
The state troopers contacted the FBI and agents dispatched to the scene made the arrest. Jeffs initially used an alias to identify himself, but then admitted who he was, said Steve Martinez, special agent in charge of the Las Vegas FBI field office. Martinez declined to say what alias was used.
Jeffs, who had a $100,000 reward offered for his capture, did not resist arrest, Martinez said. Isaac Jeffs and a 32-year-old woman identified as one of the fugitive's wives, also traveling in the vehicle, were released without charge after authorities in Arizona and Utah indicated that they would not pursue charges against them for harboring a fugitive.
Inside the SUV, authorities found a "large number" of cell phones and laptop computers, three wigs and more than $50,000 in cash, Martinez said. No weapons were found, he said.
Jeffs was being held at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas on a federal warrant for flight to avoid prosecution. The main charges against Jeffs were pending by the states of Arizona and Utah, and it has not been decided in which state Jeffs would face the initial charges, including two counts of rape as an accomplice in Utah. He faces widespread sexual abuse and civil rights violations.
Jeffs has been accused of repeatedly raping his nephew, Brent Jeffs, who was then 5 years old, in Utah. Now 23, Brent Jeffs filed a lawsuit in 2004, saying his uncle is believed to have molested other children.
Moreover, Jeffs was charged in April with rape in Washington County, Utah for allegedly encouraging a man to have sex with his underage wife without her consent.
Growing up, Jeffs was raised in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, an offshoot of Mormonism. He was a teacher and later principal of the sect's Alta Academy. Jeffs ascended to leader of the 10,000-member secretive sect when his father, the FLDS prophet Rulon Jeffs, died and the younger Jeffs claimed he was sent by God as a prophet, which no one disputed.
Members learn they cannot reach the highest levels of heaven without at least three wives. Women, or often girls, are "gifted" to men by the prophet, who is seen as revealing God's plan.
With most of the followers in Arizona and Utah, former members of the group, as well as state investigators, describe it as a tyrannical theocracy. Jeffs, known for wearing a white shirt and jacket, frequently issued edicts.
Certain "missionaries" were sent door to door to see whether people were engaging in forbidden acts, such as listening to music or watching television. Competitive sports were banned because he thought they bred pride.
Members lived largely rent-free, but were at the church's mercy. They were required to tithe 10% of their income and, in addition, give $1,000 per month, per family, witnesses said, as Jeffs' calls for money "to build up the kingdom" increased.
During public meetings, he had wheelbarrows placed at the podiums for members to put their cash donations as he harped on themes of absolute obedience. The only way for women to be happy, he said, according to transcripts of a 1995 lecture to students, was to "let her husband, a faithful man, rule over her."
At times, people were thrown out of their church-owned homes or the family of one man was given to another, usually without explanation. Jeffs directed people to write endless letters of repentance letters confessing their sins. Those letters, many believe, were used for blackmail or to gather intelligence about his rivals.
Jeffs equipped his compound in Hildale, Utah with a huge wall and state-of-the-art surveillance equipment. He often traveled in convoys of SUVs with armed bodyguards, but authorities said on Monday night Jeffs was unarmed and traveling without weapons, traveling quietly and trying to avoid detection.
An FBI spokesman in Washington said today that Nevada state troopers called the FBI Las Vegas office after making the initial stop.
"One or both troopers had an idea this was Jeffs," an FBI spokesman said of the fugitive who was placed on the most wanted list in May. "They detained him and called the local FBI office. As soon as the agents arrived, he readily admitted he was Jeffs."
He was then taken to the Vegas FBI office. "He submitted to having fingerprints taken and signed his true name to the fingerprint card."
"It was a routine traffic stop … and the troopers acted on it," the spokesman said.
Times staff writers Woutat reported from Las Vegas; Schmitt from Washington, D.C. Times staff writers David Kelley and Gary Cohn also contributed to this report.
Jeffs, 50, was stopped shortly after 9 p.m. Monday after a Nevada state trooper could not see any registration or license plate on the 2007 red Cadillac Escalade in which Jeffs was a passenger. The vehicle was northbound on Interstate 15 in southern Nevada. The driver was identified as Isaac Jeffs, 32, described by police as a brother of the fugitive.
The initial responses to the trooper's questions were "inconsistent," and he called for backup. It was unclear how the trooper suspected that Jeffs was in the car. A computer failure prevented authorities from immediately tracing the vehicle, Nevada state officials said. The SUV turned out to carry temporary registration from Colorado.
The state troopers contacted the FBI and agents dispatched to the scene made the arrest. Jeffs initially used an alias to identify himself, but then admitted who he was, said Steve Martinez, special agent in charge of the Las Vegas FBI field office. Martinez declined to say what alias was used.
Jeffs, who had a $100,000 reward offered for his capture, did not resist arrest, Martinez said. Isaac Jeffs and a 32-year-old woman identified as one of the fugitive's wives, also traveling in the vehicle, were released without charge after authorities in Arizona and Utah indicated that they would not pursue charges against them for harboring a fugitive.
Inside the SUV, authorities found a "large number" of cell phones and laptop computers, three wigs and more than $50,000 in cash, Martinez said. No weapons were found, he said.
Jeffs was being held at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas on a federal warrant for flight to avoid prosecution. The main charges against Jeffs were pending by the states of Arizona and Utah, and it has not been decided in which state Jeffs would face the initial charges, including two counts of rape as an accomplice in Utah. He faces widespread sexual abuse and civil rights violations.
Jeffs has been accused of repeatedly raping his nephew, Brent Jeffs, who was then 5 years old, in Utah. Now 23, Brent Jeffs filed a lawsuit in 2004, saying his uncle is believed to have molested other children.
Moreover, Jeffs was charged in April with rape in Washington County, Utah for allegedly encouraging a man to have sex with his underage wife without her consent.
Growing up, Jeffs was raised in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, an offshoot of Mormonism. He was a teacher and later principal of the sect's Alta Academy. Jeffs ascended to leader of the 10,000-member secretive sect when his father, the FLDS prophet Rulon Jeffs, died and the younger Jeffs claimed he was sent by God as a prophet, which no one disputed.
Members learn they cannot reach the highest levels of heaven without at least three wives. Women, or often girls, are "gifted" to men by the prophet, who is seen as revealing God's plan.
With most of the followers in Arizona and Utah, former members of the group, as well as state investigators, describe it as a tyrannical theocracy. Jeffs, known for wearing a white shirt and jacket, frequently issued edicts.
Certain "missionaries" were sent door to door to see whether people were engaging in forbidden acts, such as listening to music or watching television. Competitive sports were banned because he thought they bred pride.
Members lived largely rent-free, but were at the church's mercy. They were required to tithe 10% of their income and, in addition, give $1,000 per month, per family, witnesses said, as Jeffs' calls for money "to build up the kingdom" increased.
During public meetings, he had wheelbarrows placed at the podiums for members to put their cash donations as he harped on themes of absolute obedience. The only way for women to be happy, he said, according to transcripts of a 1995 lecture to students, was to "let her husband, a faithful man, rule over her."
At times, people were thrown out of their church-owned homes or the family of one man was given to another, usually without explanation. Jeffs directed people to write endless letters of repentance letters confessing their sins. Those letters, many believe, were used for blackmail or to gather intelligence about his rivals.
Jeffs equipped his compound in Hildale, Utah with a huge wall and state-of-the-art surveillance equipment. He often traveled in convoys of SUVs with armed bodyguards, but authorities said on Monday night Jeffs was unarmed and traveling without weapons, traveling quietly and trying to avoid detection.
An FBI spokesman in Washington said today that Nevada state troopers called the FBI Las Vegas office after making the initial stop.
"One or both troopers had an idea this was Jeffs," an FBI spokesman said of the fugitive who was placed on the most wanted list in May. "They detained him and called the local FBI office. As soon as the agents arrived, he readily admitted he was Jeffs."
He was then taken to the Vegas FBI office. "He submitted to having fingerprints taken and signed his true name to the fingerprint card."
"It was a routine traffic stop … and the troopers acted on it," the spokesman said.
Times staff writers Woutat reported from Las Vegas; Schmitt from Washington, D.C. Times staff writers David Kelley and Gary Cohn also contributed to this report.
Posted by ripend_turmoil @ 3:31 pm EDT | Permalink | 1 Comments
08/28/06
From the Dr.'s Desk Ladies
Sometime ago, I attended a Breast-Cancer-Awareness seminar. During the Q&A period, asked why the most
common area for breast cancer was near the armpit.
My question could not be answered at that time. The
leading cause of breast cancer is the use of
anti-perspirant. What? A concentration of toxins
leads to cell mutations, a.k.a. cancer.
Yes, ANTI-PERSPIRANT. Most of the products out there
are an antiperspirant/deodorant combination, so go
home and check. Deodorant is fine, anti-perspirant
is not. Here's why: The human body has a few areas
that it uses to purge toxins from the body; behind
the knees, behind the ears, the groin area, and
armpits. The toxins are purged in the form of
perspiration. Anti-perspirant, as the name clearly
indicates, prevents you from perspiring, thereby
inhibiting the body from purging toxins from below
the armpits. These toxins do not just magically
disappear. Instead, the body deposits them in the
lymph nodes below the arms since it cannot sweat
them out. Nearly all breast cancer tumors occur in
the upper outside quadrant of the breast area. This
is precisely where the lymph nodes are located.
Additionally, men are less likely (but not
completely exempt) to develop breast cancer prompted
by anti-perspirant usage because most of the
anti-perspirant product is caught in their hair and
is not directly applied to the skin. Women who apply
anti-perspirant right after shaving increase the
risk further because shaving causes almost
imperceptible nicks in the skin, which give the
chemicals entrance into the body from the armpit
area
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